1920s: the Roaring Twenties
Popular histories of the 1920s are filled with dramatic stories of this vibrant decade. According to legend, bold bootleggers made fortunes off the thirsty habits of a nati...
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1920s: the Way We Lived
The technological advances of the beginning of the century continued to impact lives in the 1920s. Henry Ford (1863–1947) had improved his assembly-line techniques to pr...
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1prelude to the 1920s
It is tempting to think of the 1920s as a distinct period bordered on one end by World War I (1914–18), the bloody conflict that was supposed to spread democracy across th...
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The Bloody Prelude
The Era of Silent Cal
The Power Age
The Tin Lizzy
Prohibition
Morals and Flappers
The First Sexual Revolution
Under the Influence of Movies
Flagpoles and Fads
The Music of Black Am...
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The 1920s were known as the Lawless Decade, the Flapper Era, and the Jazz Age. They were a period of extremes— a time of Prohibition, Al Capone, flagpole sitters, and marathon dance contests. Ev...
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The 1920's was names the Decade of Extremes, meaning that social groups throughout the USA benefited varyingly; the minority of groups which did roar, roared to a very large extent, but the many who d...
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Nativism - Ku Klux Klan
In the 1920s, there was a "rebirth" of the KKK and this "new" KKK was not only anti-black, but also anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant. This modern KKK was also mo...
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The American dream is one in which the people of American can have an easy life, one filled with conveniences, money to spend, and not a great deal of work. The 1920's were a decade that personified t...
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The 1920's were one of the pinnacle ears of American culture. The rise of film, radio, the beginnings of television, and the advances of telephone and electricity set the stage of many great things t...
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Republicans dominated the 1920's political scene. During this time period, many changes occurred in the United States. Both culturally and economically. This period is known as the roaring twenties...
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The Great War was finally over and in 1919, after experiencing the mental and physical side effects of war oversees and at home, Canadians prayed for a better life. Luckily, their prayers were answere...
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Through the 1920's culture went through large changes. Racial anxiety still existed, but with entertainment changing, America's youth, women, and racial situations changed. White Americans were b...
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During the "Roaring 20's" the tension between traditional attitudes and new, changing values were caused and manifested by economic reformations, cultural diversification, and social modulations.
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The 1920s were an important decade in American history. This would be the important decade that laid the foundation for the journey that would propel the United States to the status of greatest world ...
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As the saying goes, for every good there is a bad. Whenever there is something good, you can be sure there is something bad. The same can be said about the 1920s. This decade nicknamed the roaring twe...
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The 1920s was a decade named by F. Scott Fitzgerald's term of the "Jazz Age." This era consisted of the quest for personal gratification over the quest for public welfare. This modernist imp...
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The 1920's are often described as the `Good Time decade', `the Roaring Twenties' and the `Jazz Age'. It was often described as these names, because people wanted to do exciting things and have a good ...
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1920s: the Roaring Twenties
Prelude to the 1920s
Roaring 20s
Roaring 20s
